TY - JOUR
T1 - African-American and Iraqi Refugee Adolescents' Perceptions
AU - Black, Beverly M.
AU - Peterson, Barbara L.
AU - Weisz, Arlene N.
AU - Kernsmith, Poco D.
AU - Lewandowski, Linda A.
AU - Hegde, Krupa K.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article explores the perceptions of urban African-American and Iraqi refugee adolescents regarding community violence, school violence, family violence and dating/intimate partner violence. A subset of participants from a larger study on violence and trauma was selected to participate in the current study. Using a card-sort exercise, participants identified situations as violent or not violent. Iraqi youth identified noticeably more behaviors as violence than African-American youth. Few significant gender differences emerged. Findings of important cultural differences provide implications for violence prevention programming.
AB - This article explores the perceptions of urban African-American and Iraqi refugee adolescents regarding community violence, school violence, family violence and dating/intimate partner violence. A subset of participants from a larger study on violence and trauma was selected to participate in the current study. Using a card-sort exercise, participants identified situations as violent or not violent. Iraqi youth identified noticeably more behaviors as violence than African-American youth. Few significant gender differences emerged. Findings of important cultural differences provide implications for violence prevention programming.
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U2 - 10.1080/02673843.2009.9748012
DO - 10.1080/02673843.2009.9748012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:63849149997
SN - 0267-3843
VL - 14
SP - 313
EP - 331
JO - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
JF - International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
IS - 4
ER -